Re: Self-signed certificate error reported when using wget

Tt depends on your OS and how you installed wget.  For example mac ports
wget does not tie into the system certs (if I remember correctly) but
version of curl provided does.  Something like that anyway.




On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote:

> I use wget to download release candidates for reviewing, but I get the
> following message:
>
> ERROR: cannot verify repository.apache.org's certificate, issued by
> `/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com,
> Inc./OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository/CN=Go Daddy Secure
> Certification Authority/serialNumber=07969287':
>  Self-signed certificate encountered.
> To connect to repository.apache.org insecurely, use
> `--no-check-certificate'.
>
> [I don't get the same error when using a browser.]
>
> Although I can use the --no-check-certificate option, this is not ideal.
>
> Is there a way to add the certificate such that wget can download from
> r.a.o without reporting the error?
>